Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Western U.S.::The U.S. is tracking a small, high-altitude balloon that is drifting across the country but poses no threat to national security, the military said Friday.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It’s a mylar balloon. They don’t tear catastrophically at a small puncture.

    Mylar is reflective, though.